The University of Maine has announced this year s top honors. Author: Hannah Yechivi (NEWS CENTER Maine) Published: 4:08 PM EDT April 8, 2021 Updated: 4:56 PM EDT April 8, 2021
MAINE, USA The University of Maine has announced this year s top honors.
Bailey West from Stockton Springs takes the top spot as the valedictorian, with the highest grade point average in her senior class.
West is studying biochemistry and has been doing research with toxicologists at UMaine, Jackson Labs, and Maine Medical Center.
She has been working on a research project titled, “Oral-care antimicrobial cetylpyridinium chloride inhibits mast cell function: role of tyrosine phosphorylation cascade.”
In spring 2020, West studied abroad at University College Cork in Ireland.
Biochemistry major Bailey West of Stockton Springs is the University of Maine 2021 valedictorian and mechanical engineering major Drew Bennett of Brewer is this yearâs salutatorian.
âWe are very proud of these two exceptional students,â says UMaine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy. âBoth Bailey and Drew have excelled in all that they have pursued at UMaine and have made their own significant contributions as engaged students â Bailey in the laboratory as part of a team studying a harmful toxicant, and Drew in the Advanced Manufacturing Center involved in 3D modeling and machining. We look forward to seeing just how far their talents will take them.â
ORONO Biochemistry major Bailey West, of Stockton Springs, is the University of Maine 2021 valedictorian and mechanical engineering major Drew Bennett, of Brewer, is this year’s salutatorian. “We are very proud of these two exceptional students,”.
Stockton Springs woman named UMaine valedictorian Mon, 04/05/2021 - 12:30pm
Bailey West. (Photo courtesy University of Maine)
Drew Bennett. (Photo courtesy University of Maine)
ORONO Biochemistry major Bailey West, of Stockton Springs, is the University of Maine 2021 valedictorian and mechanical engineering major Drew Bennett, of Brewer, is this year’s salutatorian.
“We are very proud of these two exceptional students,” says UMaine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy, in a news release. “Both Bailey and Drew have excelled in all that they have pursued at UMaine and have made their own significant contributions as engaged students – Bailey in the laboratory as part of a team studying a harmful toxicant, and Drew in the Advanced Manufacturing Center involved in 3D modeling and machining. We look forward to seeing just how far their talents will take them.”